FUGO 3D's Centrifugal Printer Spins Up a Manufacturing Revolution

GARDENA, CA – February 02, 2026 – The world of additive manufacturing is poised for a significant disruption as FUGO Precision 3D prepares to publicly unveil a technology that promises to redefine the standards of speed, precision, and automation. The Gardena-based company will make its industry debut at LMT LAB DAY Chicago 2026, where it will conduct live demonstrations of the world's first all-in-one centrifugal 3D printing system.

From February 19-21, attendees at the Hyatt Regency Hotel will witness what FUGO claims is a paradigm shift in how high-precision parts are made. The system consolidates printing, washing, drying, and curing into a single, fully automated cycle. This move away from the multi-step, labor-intensive workflows of conventional 3D printing could have profound implications, starting with the dental industry and expanding into medical, aerospace, and other high-output sectors. In a partnership with advanced materials leader Graphy Inc., FUGO will showcase full production cycles, aiming to prove its claims of achieving up to 10x faster throughput and sub-30 micron repeatability.

A New Spin on Additive Manufacturing

At the heart of FUGO's innovation is a fundamental departure from traditional vat-photopolymerization methods like SLA and DLP. Instead of using mechanical blades or complex film-peeling mechanisms to create new layers, the FUGO system harnesses immense centrifugal force—generating up to 2,000 G's, or 2,000 times the force of Earth's gravity.

This process creates a powerful artificial gravity field within a cylindrical vat of resin. Parts are printed from the wall of the cylinder inwards, forming while fully submerged in the photopolymer material. This unique approach allows the liquid resin itself to act as a support structure, drastically reducing or eliminating the need for the disposable, manually removed supports that plague conventional printing. The result is a remarkably smooth surface finish with minimal visible layer lines, a quality often described as "layerless."

Furthermore, the technology tackles a persistent challenge in resin printing: trapped volumes of uncured material. FUGO's system employs what it calls "intelligent capillary generation," creating microscopic drainage channels within the part during the printing process. Under the intense centrifugal force, excess resin is efficiently expelled through these channels, which then automatically seal as the part cures. This elegant solution prevents the part deformation or failure that can occur with trapped resin, enhancing both reliability and part integrity.

Transforming the Dental Lab Workflow

The immediate focus for this groundbreaking technology is the dental laboratory industry, a sector that has embraced digital workflows but still grapples with efficiency bottlenecks. While 3D printing has become common for producing dental models, surgical guides, and aligners, the process often remains fragmented. A typical workflow involves printing on one machine, then manually moving the parts to a separate washing station, followed by a drying period and a final trip to a UV curing unit. Each step requires operator intervention, increasing labor costs and total production time.

FUGO's all-in-one system is designed to eliminate this fragmented process entirely. By integrating every post-processing step into a single automated cycle within one machine, it promises to deliver production-ready parts with minimal human touch. For busy dental labs, this translates into significant savings on labor, a reduction in potential human error, and a dramatic increase in overall throughput. A lab could theoretically start a complex print job at the end of the day and return in the morning to find finished, cured, and ready-to-use dental appliances.

The system's multi-material capability further addresses a key need in advanced dental applications. Manufacturing a full denture, for instance, requires a strong, pink-hued base and durable, tooth-colored crowns. With conventional technology, this is a complex, multi-part assembly process. FUGO's platform enables the printing of multiple resins within the same automated cycle, opening the door to manufacturing complex, multi-component dental prosthetics in a single, streamlined operation.

The Power of Partnership: Hardware Meets Material Science

Innovative hardware is only half of the equation in additive manufacturing; advanced materials are required to unlock its full potential. FUGO's strategic partnership with Graphy Inc., a South Korean global leader in photopolymer innovation, is central to its market strategy. The live demonstrations in Chicago will feature FUGO's printer running Graphy's high-performance, clinically validated dental resins.

Graphy is renowned for its exceptional materials, which are known for their mechanical strength, dimensional stability, and biocompatibility. Critically, the collaboration will heavily feature Graphy's revolutionary Shape Memory Aligner (SMA) material. This patented technology allows for the direct 3D printing of clear dental aligners that possess shape-memory properties, a significant leap over the traditional thermoforming process. The ability to directly print these advanced aligners on a highly automated, high-throughput platform could fundamentally alter the economics and clinical possibilities of orthodontic treatment.

By pairing FUGO's hardware with Graphy's validated material science, the partnership delivers a turnkey ecosystem for dental labs. This synergy ensures that the parts produced are not only made efficiently but also meet the stringent clinical performance and safety standards required for medical devices.

Beyond Dentistry: A Vision for Scalable Precision

While the dental industry is the initial beachhead, FUGO's ambitions extend far beyond. The company is actively targeting other sectors where precision, automation, and throughput are paramount, including medical device manufacturing, hearing health, and aerospace. The core benefits of the centrifugal platform—high repeatability, superior surface finish, and a hands-off automated workflow—are universally valuable in high-stakes manufacturing environments.

In the medical device field, the technology could be used to produce patient-specific surgical guides or complex components with the consistency and traceability required for FDA approval. For the hearing health industry, which already relies on 3D printing for custom hearing aid shells, FUGO's system offers a path to even greater automation and scalability. Even the notoriously demanding aerospace sector, with its stringent requirements for part integrity and lightweighting, could eventually benefit from a process that produces near-isotropic parts with minimal internal stresses.

"LMT LAB DAY represents the perfect stage to introduce what we believe is a paradigm shift in dental manufacturing," said Alexandr (Sasha) Shkolnik, CTO of FUGO Precision 3D, in a recent announcement. "We're inviting industry leaders to see the technology perform in real-time: not simulation, not video, but actual production cycles from start to finish. This is the future of scalable precision manufacturing." The upcoming debut in Chicago will be the first public test of this vision, offering a tangible glimpse into a future where complex manufacturing is faster, simpler, and more automated than ever before.